The Solent Forum
Working in partnership for the future
Environment Agency research shows that estuarine and coastal waterbodies are increasingly burdened by the task of diluting and processing nutrient and contaminant loads originating upstream – from source to sea. These transitional environments, already sensitive to salinity shifts and ecological stressors, are now facing compounded pressures from agricultural runoff, urban wastewater, and industrial discharges. The natural buffering capacity of these systems is being outpaced by the volume and intensity of pollutants, leading to eutrophication, habitat degradation, and declining water quality; an issue further exacerbated by physical modification pressure impacting on natural physical (geomorphological) processes.
Clean Solent Shores and Seas is an information hub to ‘collate and share’ water quality resources and information, to help improve awareness and influence best practice and behaviour in the Solent.
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